meanwhile, local businesses are struggling.nats- portrait> keith wicker owns capricorn boulevard0 feet down from where the explosion happened.keith wicker/owner- "it's pretty tough, cause we've taken a loss this last week because of this."the explosion... busi has not only slowed down... it's grinded to a stretching hault.keith wicker/owner- "and, i know, um, the shop next door, the restaurant derm, they're, they've been closed. they had to close their doors the day that it happened. and, then they didn't have, uh, gas service either." he says since the sidewalk outside his business is off limits to everyone other than tenants and other business owners... there's hardly any foot traffic. wicker says his store is essentially closed -- only serving customers like charles symes (sighmz) who made orders before the gas line was ruptured wednesday... when a contractor with mastec network solutions accidently hit the line -- while installing a fiber optic cable. charles symes/customer- "the thing that is pulling the whole neighborhood together is our sense of loss, especially for those